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Bulldogs’ skipper salutes as best in the league

WESTERN Bulldogs skipper Dominique Carbone is the toast of the Victorian Football League Women’s competition tonight, after she won the 2024 Lambert-Pearce Medal. She won the award with 17 votes, pipping Don El Chaston, Hawk Tamara Luke and Darebin Falcon Angelica Gogos for the award. Carbone in a tight battle early for the award, but […]

PREVIEW | Lambert-Pearce Medal 2024

TONIGHT is the of nights in the VFL Women’s competition, with the Lambert-Pearce Medal night set to take place in the heart of Melbourne tonight. The pinnacle award of the evening is the VFLW Best and Fairest the Lambert-Pearce Medal, named after Victorian football pioneers Helen Lambert and Daisy Pearce, but there are a number […]

PREVIEW | VFLW Semi Final 2 2024

TODAY’s semi-final in the VFL Women’s may have very different ramifications to yesterday’s match, but the significance of it does not dimmish. Whoever wins today is straight through to their first ever VFLW Grand Final, while the loser has to back up next week and battle the Western Bulldogs for a spot in the decider. […]

Seagulls create history to move one win away from decider

WILLIAMSTOWN again proved why it is the team to beat this season after defeating the Western Bulldogs by three goals in Sunday’s VFL Women’s Qualifying Final. The first half was a very close affair, but after trailing by a point at the main break, the Seagulls kicked away with five goals to two to emerge […]

PREVIEW | VFLW Qualifying Final 2024

THE final match of week one of the 2024 VFLW Finals is just as important as the other two, more life or death finals, just in a different way. This may not be an elimination final, but what happens in this match could make things a lot easier or a lot harder for the teams […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 13

ROUND 13 of the VFLW showed that some players can still have a strong influence on the game despite what the stats sheet might suggest. We took note of some of the top performers across the weekend’s matches with notes being the opinion of the individual author. Williamstown 4.4 (28) defeated Essendon 1.4 (10) Williamstown: […]

ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 13

THE penultimate round of the VFLW season gave us a few answers about what the post season will look like, but not all of them. Williamstown (4.4.28) defeated Essendon (1.4.10) Williamstown have one hand on the minor premiership after defeating Essendon by three goals. After a low scoring first quarter from both sides, the Seagulls […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 9

AS the AFLW players start to filter out of the competition, the VFLW listed stars of the competition are really coming to the fore. Williamstown (9.6.60) defeated Carlton (5.2.32) Williamstown: #18 Eliza Straford (Midfielder)13/12/1997 | 159cm Stats: 18 disposals, four marks, two tackles, two goals A true captain’s performance from Straford saw her use her […]

ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 9

THERE was an interesting pattern across the set of results last weekend in the VFLW, with most of last week’s losing sides flipping the script and taking the win this week. Williamstown (9.6.60) defeated Carlton (5.2.32) Williamstown made it two wins on the trot with a comfortable win over Carlton. The Seagulls opened up a […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 VFLW – Round 8

ON an intriguing weekend of results in the VFLW, there were plenty of VFLW listed players that continued to shine despite the continuing presence of AFLW stars. Port Melbourne 2.3 (15) lost to Western Bulldogs 7.6 (48) Port Melbourne: #4 Courteney Bromage (Forward)18/2/1999 | 164cm Stats: four disposals, four marks, two tackles Although the stat […]

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